Preventable: How a Pandemic Changed the World & How to Stop the Next One

Devi Sridhar, a world-leading expert on COVID-19, has written a book titled "Preventable: How Global Politics Shape Our Health." The book explores the lessons learned from past outbreaks and sets out a vision for how to better protect ourselves from future health crises. Sridhar exposes the varied realities of those affected by the pandemic and highlights the deep-seated economic and social inequalities at its heart. The book has received critical acclaim, with praise for Sridhar's expertise and calm advice during the crisis.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 432 pages
Publication date: 06 April 2023
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

The Sunday Times Bestseller | BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week

The definitive story of COVID-19 and how global politics shape our health, from a world-leading expert and the pandemic's go-to science communicator.

Professor Devi Sridhar has risen to prominence for her vital roles in communicating science to the public and speaking truth to power. In Preventable, she highlights lessons learned from outbreaks past and present in a narrative that traces the COVID-19 pandemic—including her personal experience as a scientist—and sets out a vision for how we can better protect ourselves from the inevitable health crises to come.

In gripping and heartfelt prose, Sridhar exposes the varied realities of those affected and puts you in the room with key decision-makers at crucial moments. She vibrantly conveys the twists and turns of a plot that saw:

deadlier varients emerge (contrary to the predictions of social media pundits who argued it would mutate to a milder form);
countries with weak health systems like Senegal and Vietnam fare better than countries like the US and UK (which were consistently ranked as the most prepared); and the quickest development of game-changing vaccines in history (and their unfair distribution).

Combining science, politics, ethics, and economics, this definitive book dissects the global structures that determine our fate, and reveals the deep-seated economic and social inequalities at their heart—it will challenge, outrage, and inspire.

A brutally compelling reminder that if voices like Devi's had been listened to, so many more could have lived.

Owen Jones, one of the most brilliant scientists in the world, who has been proven consistently right in this crisis.

Piers Morgan, Excellent. . . Fair, clear, and compelling.

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Weight: 304g
Dimension: 197 x 128 x 26 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780241510551